Idiomatic expressions Meaning Example

A ray of sunshine Happy person I love helping a lot my father, every time I help him, he is a ray of sunshine
Beat around the To avoid talking about what’s My partner and I were trying to figure out how to solve the math problem
bush important while the rest of the group was beating around the bush, without helping us.
A breath of fresh Something new that’s
We bring a breath of fresh air to everything we do.
air refreshing
When you’re looking too close When my mother was talking to Alejandro and we told him that we were
Can’t see the wood
something so you can’t see the getting married, he couldn’t see the wood for the trees as he was talking with
for the trees
big picture my mother and not focusing.
I love my music teacher she is so down to earth at the time of sending me
Down to earth Realistic
homework.
To not think about what
When things go really wrong, it is important to go with the flow and be
Go with the flow you’re doing and act as
relaxed, in order to control the situation…
circumstances push you to
The only time my cousin has been in deep water was 6 years ago when playing
In deep water To be in trouble soccer, he broke a 15th-century painting that was a wedding gift from his
father's great-grandmother.
When she was told that her 8-year-old son had fallen and hurt himself, she
Make a mountain
Exaggerate a problem made a mountain out of a molehill, yelling at the teacher because she had not
out of a molehill
been on her son's case.
It is quite nice to be in this neck of the woods, where we can see all the
Neck of the woods Part of an area
incredible landscapes of the Sierra de Gredos.
If what he told you yesterday was shocking, wait until you hear what they're
The tip of the A small part of a problem that
going to tell you tomorrow, because that was just the tip of the iceberg, you're
iceberg is much bigger
going to be shocked tomorrow.
She told me yesterday that her baby had been up all night with a fever, and
Under the weather Feeling ill that now she is feeling a little under the weather, that’s why she is not going
to the cinema with us.
Successfully deal with a It’s incredible how she has been able to weather the storm in the middle of
Weather the storm
problem this chaos.
Yesterday I didn’t woke up as fresh as a daisy. On the contrary, I woke up
As fresh as a daisy Full of energy
super sad because just the night before, my boyfriend and I broke up.
Out of difficulties, danger or When they asked me to do them a favor, I told them that I only did it if it was
Out of the woods
trouble. out of the woods.
Idiomatic expressions Meaning Example
Bark up the wrong Do something in a way that When the kid starts crying the Nanny always shouts at him, she doesn't know
tree will not work at all that she is barking up the wrong tree.
We're always complaining about how the grass is always greener on the other
The grass is always
It always seems others side when we think we don’t have enough clothes and the rest of the people
greener on the
situations are better have better things than us, but then we realize our need to thank God for the
other side
things we have.
Sorry guys, I’m extremely tired, I’m going to hit the hay, because tomorrow it’s
To hit the hay Go to sleep
the big day.
When my brother and sister were squabbling because they couldn’t agree on
To hold out an To do or say something to end
the puppy’s name. I quickly hold out an olive branch and came out with a
olive branch an argument
name that the three of us liked.
To lead someone
Deceive someone That web was sketchy, it’s normal it led us up the garden path.
up the garden path
We needed 100000$ for the construction of the museum, and a man gave us
Drop in the ocean A very small amount
just 1$, which was a drop in the ocean.
When your parents quarrel with you, because you are barking, up the wrong
Add fuel to the fire To make something worse
tree, do not disrespect them, unless you want to add fuel to the fire.
Calm before the A moment of peace during an The best feeling for me is the calm before the storm, when you really know
storm argument you don’t have anything left to do and you can chill out.
I met my boyfriend thanks to my friend who broke the ice and started talking
Make people who have not
Break the ice to us when he saw at his party, that we were staring steadily at each other
met before feel relaxed
without speaking because I was shy.